Video shows woman attempting to stab man with screwdriver following crash on MacArthur Causeway
Caught on Camera: Woman attacks to two men after crash on MacArthur Causeway 🧐
The woman appears to try to stab one of the men but the other intervenes. pic.twitter.com/li3DaMbiJW— T_CAS videos (@tecas2000) May 20, 2024
h/t XC
U.S. President Joe Biden, in one of his regularly inept utterances, recently castigated Japan and other East Asian countries for being “xenophobic,” compared to the relatively immigrant-friendly United States. The president surely made no friends, but actually spoke something of the truth, or perhaps more of a half-truth.
As Biden suggests, western immigration receiving countries like the U.S., Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom have long benefited from mass migration. Canada, for example, ranks eighth among receiving countries, but has a considerably higher percentage of foreign born citizens than its much more populous neighbour.
Elon Musk called it “a Black Mirror episode” — a reference to Netflix’s creepy Twilight Zone-inspired show — that he’ll “definitely” be turning off, but Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says Windows is just trying to help.
h/t XC
Trudeau in Philadelphia to push ‘Team Canada’ charm offensive
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Philadelphia Tuesday, on his first trip south of the border since his government launched a new “Team Canada” charm offensive in the United States.
Officially he is in Pennsylvania after accepting an invitation to speak at a the Service Employees International Union quadrennial North American convention.
But the trip comes five months after Trudeau dispatched his industry and international trade ministers to lead the new trade strategy with American business leaders, labour unions and state and municipal governments.
Under another day of withering cross-examination on Monday, former Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen admitted that he stole $60,000 from the Trump Organization.
Between February and December 2017, Cohen was paid $35,000 per month by the former president.
New home construction in Ontario has slowed to a pace not seen since 2018, putting Premier Doug Ford’s government further off track from hitting its housing targets.
Housing starts in April in urban areas of Ontario were down a whopping 37 per cent from the same month last year, according to the latest figures reported by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).
Economists see no signs of the slowdown reversing in the months to come, creating the potential for a grim 2024 when it comes to new home construction.
Rule of thumb: Everything the Trudeau government has or will have to say about “fixing” the housing crisis they themselves created is a lie.
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s former foreign minister, has blamed US sanctions on aviation parts for the helicopter crash that killed the Islamic Republic’s president.
Mr Zarif suggested on Monday that the punitive measures had compromised Tehran’s access to modern aircraft and inhibited repairs to its ageing fleet of American-made aircraft.
The helicopter carrying Ebrahim Raisi, the Iranian president, as well as Hossein Amirabdollahian, the foreign minister, on the fatal flight was a US-made Bell 212 helicopter, likely to be more than 40 years old, according to Iranian state media.
Awww…
When the federal government said earlier this week its investment of $1.7 million in a Brampton, Ont., pasta plant would create 10 jobs, some questioned whether that taxpayer money was being put to good use.
One economics professor tweeted he was “legit astonished” by the investment in Italpasta.
“Do they not understand just how insane this is? That spending north of $170k for *one job* is an embarrassment, not an achievement?” wrote Stephen Gordon of Laval University.
And that was just a fraction of the billions in subsidies that were announced recently for the creation of electric vehicle-related plants in Ontario.
Klaus Schwab, founder and long-time executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), emailed staff on Tuesday to announce his intent to step down. The email indicated that Schwab, who has led the organization since 1971, will move to a non-executive chairman role. The transition is awaiting approval from the Swiss government and is anticipated to be completed before the WEF’s annual meeting in 2025.
h/t Mauser & DS
Recently, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came together to announce massive government subsidies for Honda to build electric vehicles and an EV battery plant in Ontario. During the funding announcement, the Prime Minister heaped praise on Mr. Ford, describing him as an “outstanding partner” and “strong leader.”
Israel will not engage in a full-scale military offensive in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah. Instead, it will continue its limited operation in the last Hamas bastion, with the blessing of the Biden administration, according to Washington Post analyst David Ignatius.
In an opinion piece published on Monday citing sources familiar with the matter, the newspaper’s senior commentator wrote that the framework for eventually ending the Gaza war became more clear after a just-wrapped trip to Saudi Arabia and Israel by U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Brett McGurk, the U.S. National Security Council’s coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa.
The crowd grows to several hundred as we say the mourners Kaddish #NotInOurName #NotInMyName #EndIsraeliApartheid #EndIsraeliGenocide #FreeGaza #FreePalestine #GazaUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/n0kvJRVl4D
— Anna🍉🗝️ (@anna_lippman) October 15, 2023
I predict: A “Not in our name” anti-Zionist type will file hate crime charges against a Zionist on grounds of Islamophobia or anti-Zionistophobia or some such rot.
And they’ll win.
In a new report, a think-tank within Employment and Social Development Canada cites 35 “plausible” global disruptions that could reshape Canada and the world in the near future.
The Policy Horizons Canada (PHC) panel drafted the list and then asked more than 500 stakeholders within and outside government to suggest which ones were more likely, when they might happen and how one might trigger others.
The authors of the report point out that the list is an exploration of theoretical — not guaranteed — threats. They say that even “seemingly distant or improbable” calamities can become reality and thinking about them helps governments create “robust and resilient policies.”
Flight horror as passenger is killed and multiple others injured after turbulence hit Boeing plane en route to Singapore: Bloodied travelers ‘screamed in pain’ as jet dropped 6,000ft in five minutes
The plane dropped 6,000 feet? Holy shit 😱
Boeing 777 from London to Singapore hits severe turbulence
— Momin Sheikh (@shaykshack) May 21, 2024
Bad times for Boeing
